Printing machine



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T. G. RUTH.

PRINTING MACHINE. 7 No. 245,566. Patented Aug. 9,1881.

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THEODORE G. RUTH, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IOWILLIAM F. EASTMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,566, dated August9, 1881.

Application filed May 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, THEODORE G. RUTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printin g-Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon,whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in newspaperprintin g machines, andhas special reference to certain new and useful mechanism, whereby thename and address of a subscriber can be printed upon a conspicuous placeon such newspaper, for mailing, coinci- 2o dently with the process ofprinting the paper.

In. the drawings, Figure l isaside elevation of part of aprinting-machine provided with my invention. ing-machine cylinder inconnection with my 2 5 invention. Fig. 3 is an end view of the galleybedG, the galley H, for holding the names and addresses in type, and thepawl-bar I, for moving such galley. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached views ofthe galley H and pawl-bar I.

Referring to Fig. 1, A is the ordinary cylinder of a newspaper-press,which carries the paper to and from the types. B is the feedtable. 0represents the newspaper after being printed, leaving the cylinder A andpassing over the addresstypes 1).

In the art themechanism employed for feeding the paper to the press andcarrying it therefrom is so well known that I do not deem it necessaryto exhibit or describe any more parts thereof than will clearly show themode of attachment and the operation of my invention.

D is a vibratory arm, rigidly attached at its upper end to thetransverse oscillating; bar E of the press-frame, as shown in Fig. 2.The lower end of the arm D is provided with a plate, a, parallel withthe surface of the address-types p, and the use of the plate a is topress the newspaper down upon such address- Fig. 2 is an elevation ofprint-' (No model.)

types, to obtain animpression therefrom while the paper is passing fromthe machine.

The bar E, as shown in Fig. 2, is journaled near each end in the frameof the press, and is provided at one end with the short projecting armI), rigidly attached thereto. 5 5

F is the ordinary cog-wheel, affixed rigidly to the axle of the cylinderA, and through which motion is communicated to such cylinder. On theinside of the wheel F is affixed the pin or cam 61, which engages andactnates the arm I) on the bar E at each revolution of the cylinder A,thus partially revolving the bar E, which action gives to the arm D adownward motion, bringing the plate a against the paper (I, andimpressing the latter upon 6 5 the address-types As the wheel F andcylinder A are both rigidly seated upon the same axle their revolutionsare coincident, and where each revolutionof thecylinderA prints onepaper one action of the arm D to each of such revolutions is sufficient,and the number of pins (1 may be increased to correspond with the numberof papers printed at each revolution of the cylinder A. The coiledspring 6 withdraws the arm D after each action of the 7 5 latter.

The following is the mechanism for feeding the address-typesp: Agalley-bed, G, extends transversely across the front of the press underthe feed-table B, the end of which bed is shown in Fig. 3. Thisgalley-bed G is fitted to receive the galleyH and the pawl-bar I. Theback of each galleyH is fitted to have attached thereto a ratchet-plate,f. This can be donein any suitable way. My present mode is to form 8 5short studs on the back of the galley to fitinto corresponding holes inthe ratchet-plate f, so that the latter may be readily attached to ordetached from the galley H. As the galleybed Glies nearly horizontal theweight of the 0 galleyH holds the plate f in position. The pawl-bar I isactuated by a lever, K, fulcrumed on the press-frame at-g, and having africtionroller, h, at its outer end, arranged to be engaged by a cam, t,on the outer side and near 5 the periphery of the wheel L. The wheel Lis rigidly placed on the axis of the cylinder A, at the end thereof,opposite to the wheel F, and

therefore makes the same number of revolutions as does the cylinder A.As suggested hereinbefore in reference to the impinging arm I), shouldmore than one paper be printed in one revolution of the cylinder A, thenumber of cams t on the wheel L can be correspondingly increased.

The names and addresses of the subscribers, in the alphabetical order oftheir post-offices, are set up in a column in the galley H. Thelatter,havin gattached thereto theratchet-pl ate f, is placed in thegalley-bed G, and the end of the pawl-barl inserted between the back ofthe galley H and the face of the galley-bed G, as shown in Fig. 3, in arecess formed in the face of such galley-bed, to receive the pawl-bar I,the latter being so far inserted that the pawl 7.; will engage one ofthe ratchets of the ratchetplate f at or near the end of the galley Hfarthest from the actuating-lever K. At each revolution of the wheel Lthe cam i thereon strikes the friction-pulley It, thus driving the outerend of the le er K outward, and its inner end, to which is attached thepawl-bar I, inward. The pawl 7t? engages one of the ratchets of theplate f, and the galley H is thereby moved endwise one degree. Thismotion is so arranged as to be in distance the scope cf the name andaddress of one subscriber as set up in type in the galley H. A spring,1, attached to the lever K and side of the press, returns such lever,afterit has passed the cam '5, to the face of the wheel L, thus drawingthe pawl It? into the next ratchet. A cover, m, extends over all of thegalley H, except an openin g, a, near the center thereof, of sutficientwidth to expose one name and address. The openingnis directly under thepoint of impact of the plate a of the arm D, and such plate a passesinto such opening. Thus is assured the printing of but one name andaddress at a time. At each successive action of the pawl-bar I thesucceeding name and address in the galley H are presented at the openinga.

My invention may be placed at such points in relation to the cylinder Aas to print the name and address of the subscriber at any place on thepaper that may be desired. When arranged as shown the name and addressare printed at the top of the title-page.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. The galley H, provided with the ratchetplat-e f, the pawl-bar I, thelever K, and the wheel L, provided with the cam i, in combination withthe impacting-arm D, substantially as shown, and for the purposeaforesaid.

2. As an attachment to a printing-machine, the galley-bed G, the galleyH,the pawl-bar 1, the lever K, and wheel L, having the cam i, incombination, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aitix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE G. RUTH.

Witnesses:

JNo. J. OUsHING, CYRUS KEHR.

